Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Foremost"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foremost \Fore"most`\, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See {Fore}, adv., and
cf. {First}, {Former}, {Frame}, v. t., {Prime}, a.]
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foremost
adj 1: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top
graduate" [syn: {first}, {top(a)}]
2: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
compartment of the ship" [syn: {frontmost}]
3: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of
the ship"
adv 1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: {first}]
2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
snake" [syn: {first}, {firstly}, {first of all}, {first
off}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.